Thanks for tuning into another episode of The Jasmine Star Show.

I was just thinking, as I press record, it's crazy that I find myself as a founder of

a tech company.

But it's even crazier to think I started a business at all.

Because if you've been here for a minute or a hot second or two, you probably know that

I am the daughter of an immigrant.

I'm the first generation Latina who was the first in my family to graduate college.

And I went on to pursue postgraduate work at UCLA Law School and then I dropped out.

A few people know that it was during my first year that I got news that my mom had a relapse

of brain cancer and my life got flipped upside down.

My mom was 50 years old when she had a relapse of brain cancer and I was 25.

And I know I've said it before but it really does beg repeating.

I feel like I had a midlife crisis.

Most people traditionally have a midlife crisis when they're, I don't know, 40, 45 because

that's technically midlife for most people.

But when you have a mom who's dying at 50 and you're 25, you have a midlife crisis almost

immediately.

And I thought to myself, what if I have just 25 years left in my life to live?

And again, I have said this before but this is a mantra that I remind myself quite often.

It's so foolish to think that any of us are guaranteed any amount of time.

And I was foolish to think that I had 25 years left.

I wasn't even sure if I had 25 months or 25 minutes.

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